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‘The European Union has extended a freeze it has placed on some of its nuclear-related sanctions against Iran by two weeks.

The bloc had originally suspended the bans to facilitate talks between the Islamic Republic and world powers over Tehran’s nuclear program.

The suspension was meant to expire six months after the talks yielded a historic agreement in July, but on Thursday, the EU extended the freeze until January 28, Reuters reported.’

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